We change the wind direction, We bring the winds down from the northWest, and so things are going to feel very different. Temperatures, if anything, looks set to drop back to values below the average for the time of year, and it will still be quite unsettled. ShoWers or longer spells of rain and often breezy. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. To be female in afghanistan is to be condemned to a life without visibility, agency or rights. The Taliban Regime requires women to conceal their faces, bodies, even their voices in public. They must never look at a man outside theirfamily, nor ever sing or read aloud. The Un Secretary general calls it systemic gender apartheid. But still it continues. And still, taliban officials conduct a dialogue with international counterparts. My guest is fawzia koofi, former Deputy Speaker of the Afghan Parliament. What is the right international approach to afghanistan . Fawzia koofi, Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a great pleasure
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We start this hour in the uk, where from next week, thousands of british offenders whove served 40 of their Prison Terms will be eligible for early release its necessary, says the government, because of severe overcrowding in jails. There are fewer than 500 spaces left in mens prisons in england and wales a crisis made worse by the convictions of hundreds of people involved in riots last month. Our senior Uk Correspondent Sima Kotecha was given full and rare access to Hmp Pentonville In London and this is what she found. Siren blares. Chaos in Hmp Pentonville. Shouting. Were the only broadcast journalists given access. Its a Code Red. To one of britains most dangerous jails since the current crisis. 0k, come on, folks. And some Prison Officers are so frightened of being targeted on the outside that weve had to blur theirfaces. Hmp Pentonville Staff are overstretched. Another alarm here. And on the verge of breaking point. You worry about, you know, opening the door in the morning and m
Jack draper, the british number one, is celebrating the biggest win of his career. He beat the australian tenth seed alex de minaur at the us open to reach his first grand slam semifinal. He was rarely troubled in what was also his first quarterfinal at a major tournament, and it was the first time that he d played on the main arthur ashe show court in new york. He d lost his three previous meetings to de minaur but took the first set 6 3, and despite needing treatment for a groin problem in the second set, he won that 7 5 and breezed through the third 6 2. He is the first british man to reach the last four since andy murray in 2012, the year he won it. Draper is yet to drop a set in the tournament karolina muchova overcame illness to reach her second consecutive us open semifinal. The czech won in straight sets against the brazilian beatriz haddad maia. But muchova had to dash to the rest room four times during the match before eventually winning 6 1, 6 4. She s yet to drop a set on t
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